How to Buy Western Digital Stock
Western Digital Corp
Western Digital Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets a broad range of data storage devices and software solutions across the United States, China, Hong Kong, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the rest of Asia, serving an international market.
Western Digital stock last closed at $263.78, down 1.44% from the previous day, and has increased 61.23% in one year. It has underperformed other stocks in the Computer Hardware industry by 0.07 percentage points. Western Digital stock is currently +99.18% from its 52-week low of $132.43, and -67.02% from its 52-week high of $799.87.
As of Nov 6, 2026, there are 374.32M shares of WDC outstanding. The market capitalization of WDC is $98.74B. In the past 24 hours, 12.1M WDC shares were traded.
How to Buy Western Digital Stock
Not sure how to invest in Western Digital stock? Here's how.
- Decide where to buy Western Digital stock: You need to pick a stock brokerage, but don't worry - we've tried dozens of stock brokerages and apps to help you determine where to buy Western Digital stock.
- Create your brokerage account: Sign up for 0% fee trading with the highest-rated brokerage we've found.
- Put funds into your brokerage account: Select your method of payment and add your information.
- Research Western Digital stock: The Western Digital ticker symbol is WDC. Is Western Digital stock a good investment? Should you buy shares of WDC? How do WDC's underlying business fundamentals look? Do top analysts think Western Digital is a good buy? Why has WDC's stock price moved recently? (Hint: Our stock market research website can help you figure out if WDC is a good stock to buy).
- Make your WDC buy order: Decide if you will purchase WDC shares at the current market price or use a limit order to purchase WDC shares at a given price.
- Get key alerts regarding your investment in WDC: Create a watchlist to keep tabs on your new investment in Western Digital stock.
Step 1: Decide where to buy Western Digital stock
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Step 4: Research Western Digital stock
Once you have chosen the best place to buy Western Digital stock, it's crucial to analyze their stock before you buy, so you actually wrap your head around the risk and upside.
Western Digital stock at a glance
WDC Due Diligence Score
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You can view all of the due diligence checks on WDC's stock page.
Is WDC stock properly valued?
Analysts use a variety of different financial metrics, analyses, models, and charts to gauge WDC's true value.
Using relative valuations measures:
- WDC may be undervalued based on its P/E ratio of 9.25x, relative to Computer Hardware industry P/E ratio of 25.5x
- WDC could be undervalued based on its P/B ratio of 10.56x, relative to Computer Hardware industry P/B ratio of 11.4x
- WDC could be undervalued based on its PEG ratio of 0.7x
You can do additional valuation analysis on WDC's stock here.
How do WDC Financials look?
Passed Financial Due Diligence Checks:
- Total WDC debt is lower than 5 years ago, relative to shareholder equity.
- There are more short-term assets than long-term liabilities on the WDC balance sheet.
- WDC's operating cash flow of $4.86B allows it to safely service it's debt of $789.00M.
- There are more short-term assets than short-term liabilities on the WDC balance sheet.
- WDC profit margin has gone up from 24.9% to 68.8% in the past year.
- WDC earnings of $10.77B is not sufficient to cover its interest payments.
Failed Financial Due Diligence Checks:
- WDC has a relatively high debt to equity ratio of 0.52.
Do Wall Street analysts think it's a good time to buy Western Digital stock
Out of 16 Equities analysts who give recommendations on WDC, the consensus analyst rating on Western Digital is a Strong Buy
It's important to keep in mind that analyst forecasts are not recommendations, nor are they investment advice.
Most Recent WDC Analyst Upgrades/Downgrades
Kevin Cassidy, a top 1% analyst from Rosenblatt maintains WDC with a strong buy rating and lowers their WDC price target from $800.00 to $650.00, on Oct 23, 2026.
Rosenblatt's Kevin Cassidy lowered their price target on Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) by 18.8% from $800 to $650 on 2026/10/23. The analyst maintained their Strong Buy rating on the stock.
Western Digital reported its Q1 2027 earnings.
Cutting their price target, Cassidy blamed sector-wide multiple compression.
The analyst attributed the post-print dip to management's higher Capex guides and higher EB supply expectations "that had been telegraphed earlier," noting that the Street appeared to give less weight to management guiding Q4's EPS 20% above consensus and gross margins 400 bps higher.
Earnings Report
For Q1 2027, Western Digital reported:
- EPS of $4.64, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.09 and Q1 2026's $1.78.
- Revenue of $4.38B, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $$4.16B and was up 55% Y/Y.
For Q2 2027, management guided:
- EPS of $5.60 to $6.00.
- Revenue of $5B to $5.2B.
CEO Irving Tan commented: “Fiscal 2027 is off to a strong start, with results exceeding expectations, driven by robust customer demand and disciplined execution.
"In our fiscal first quarter, revenue grew 55% year over year, non-GAAP gross and operating margins expanded to 58.1% and 49.1%, respectively, resulting in a 161% year-over-year increase in non-GAAP EPS.
"Reflecting our confidence in the business and our commitment to return capital to shareholders, we are raising our quarterly cash dividend by 17% to $0.175 per share.
"We are executing well through our technology transitions to meet the growing demand for storage.
"As we deepen our customer relationships, broaden the customer base to new areas of the market, and extend our visibility into future demand, we are building an increasingly durable foundation for long-term value creation.”
Erik Woodring, a top 1% analyst from Morgan Stanley maintains WDC with a strong buy rating and raises their WDC price target from $643.00 to $668.00, on Oct 23, 2026.
C.J. Muse, a top 5% analyst from Cantor Fitzgerald maintains WDC with a strong buy rating and lowers their WDC price target from $900.00 to $625.00, on Oct 23, 2026.
Wamsi Mohan, a top 1% analyst from Bank of America maintains WDC with a strong buy rating and raises their WDC price target from $720.00 to $800.00, on Oct 21, 2026.
Joseph Quatrochi, a top 7% analyst from Wells Fargo maintains WDC with a strong buy rating and lowers their WDC price target from $730.00 to $450.00, on Oct 16, 2026.
You can dig deeper into what analysts are projecting on the Western Digital stock forecast page.
WDC Technicals
WDC Performance Numbers
Last year, WDC earnings were $9.97B. In the last 5 year, WDC's earnings have grown by 42.51% per year. This was faster than the Computer Hardware industry average of 34.08%.
Last year, WDC revenue was $14.48B. Over the past 5 year, WDC's revenue has grown by -4.31% per year. This was slower than the Computer Hardware industry average of 30.98%.
Learn more about WDC's earnings and revenue performance here.
Who is buying/selling WDC?
Over the past year, insiders at WDC have sold more shares than they have bought.
Martin I. Cole, Director of WDC, was the latest WDC insider to sell. They sold $79,568.36 worth of WDC stock on Oct 29, 2026.
Learn more about who owns WDC shares here.
Can I rely on WDC as an income stream?
Western Digital pays a dividend of 0.21%, compared to the Computer Hardware industry's average dividend yield of 1.74%. If you owned $1,000 worth of WDC stock, you would have received $2.09 in the past year.
Western Digital dividend payments have not consistently grown over the past decade and have not remained stable.
Find more info about Western Digital dividend yield and history here.
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Step 5: Make your WDC buy order
There are two main options:
- Market order: A market order is an order to buy or sell a stock at the best possible price.
Market orders are mostly the best for newer investors. - Limit order: A limit order enables you to buy or sell a stock at a specific price (or better).
If you want to make sure you're buying or selling at a specific dollar amount limit, place a limit order.
Press the Open Trade button and your broker will execute the order.
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Step 6: Get key alerts regarding your investment in WDC
Now that you own some shares in WDC, you'll want to keep up with your new stock purchase.
Make a watchlist to get notified of the latest news about your WDC stock.
WDC Feed
How to Buy Stock in Western Digital
To reiterate, here are the 6 steps to buy stock in Western Digital:
- Decide where to buy Western Digital stock
- Create your brokerage account
- Put funds into your brokerage account
- Research Western Digital stock
- Make your WDC buy order
- Get key alerts regarding your investment in WDC
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